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Franciliane sets plant on-call pay and Thursday rest from January 2027
Franciliane (Veolia) sets plant on-call from 8 January 2027: daily and weekly rates, Thursday rest, exits for 57+ and long-serving staff.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 9 November 2026
Franciliane, the Veolia Eau-Générale des Eaux establishment running three water plantsLegifrance, signs a plant on-call (astreintes « Usines ») protocol with the CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT and FO unions
Legifrance at Puteaux on 3 November 2026
Legifrance. The agreement is concluded for an indefinite period. It enters into force on 8 January 2027.
Legifrance Staff taking on-call that day take the rest day on the preceding Thursday, 7 January 2027.
Legifrance It replaces the 1 August 2023 unilateral note and any same-subject usage or commitment
Legifrance, aligns with the 29 July 2025 UES framework, and preserves the « jours Blanchard » for current beneficiaries.
The protocol covers the Neuilly-sur-Marne, Choisy-le-Roi and Méry-sur-Oise plantsLegifrance with five on-call lines: supervision, automation, electrical, mechanical and water quality. About fourteen listed trades take the rota. Interventions plus travel count as effective working time.
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Rotations run 7 consecutive days from Friday 7h30 to the next Friday 7h30.Legifrance A quarterly forecast schedule is issued at least one month ahead. The company prefers volunteers for gaps under 24 hours. Exceptional designation is possible after individual review. The rota targets at most one week in four per employee
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Daily rest is 11 hours.Legifrance A weekly rest paid by the company falls on the Thursday before on-call starts.
Legifrance Exceptionally, it may be taken on Tuesday or Wednesday instead.
Legifrance This applies for service needs. This applies at the employee's request with explicit management agreement. Hours missed for lack of the 11-hour rest are fully paid by the company.
Legifrance For non-cadres, time runs from the phone call to the return home, counted per quarter-hour. During on-call weeks the daily maximum is 12 hours.
Legifrance The weekly maximum is 48 hours. Night means 21h00 to 6h00.
On-call periods are not effective work except interventions, and draw a daily-rate allowance.Legifrance The category-1 rate is 33 euros gross per day from Monday to Friday.
Legifrance Saturday, Sunday and weekday public holidays pay 66 euros gross per day.
Legifrance A full week without public holidays pays 297 euros gross.
Legifrance Two simultaneous on-call lines are each paid. Non-cadres add a monthly residence-function allowance of 113 euros gross.
Legifrance Cadres add a 4% annual-gross supervision package paid in 12 monthly instalments.
Legifrance Covering an absent colleague at under one full day's notice pays the category-1 allowance plus a 50% uplift on the first day.
Legifrance That uplift is 16,50 euros gross.
Legifrance Weekend or holiday cover notified after the last working day's end adds 16,50 euros gross times the number of rates.
Legifrance Beyond 13 weeks or 91 days a year, each rotation draws a 50% uplift, excluding agreed swaps.
Legifrance Allowances are revalued in the UES annual pay round. On 1 January 2026, the meal allowance is 6 euros. The company provides a service vehicle and a mobile phone during on-call.
Requests from employees over 57 or with over 25 years of on-call are individually studied.Legifrance Temporary unfitness under 6 months keeps fixed on-call payments for up to 3 prior-cycle periods.
Legifrance Pregnancy-related removal keeps them until maternity leave.
Legifrance Permanent unfitness ends the rota
Legifrance, with reclassification sought where on-call is inherent to the job. The overtime annex pays Monday-to-Saturday interventions at the normal rate.
Legifrance Sunday, holiday and night hours are paid at 100% and open equivalent recovery rest. Work on 1 May is paid at the normal rate plus 100% and opens equivalent recovery rest.
Legifrance Payments and equivalent recovery rest do not stack.
Legal basis: Protocole d'accord Franciliane du 3 novembre 2026 relatif aux astreintes « Usines », applicable from 8 January 2027Legifrance, read with Code du travail article L.3121-9 and the UES Veolia Eau-Générale des Eaux framework of 29 July 2025.